Registration Procedure for

Consulting Engineers in
Pakistan by PEC
 Table of Content

1 Registration Procedure for Consulting Engineers..........................................................................1

1.1 SELECTION PROCESS.........................................................................................................1

1.2 SELECTION PROCEDURE...................................................................................................2

1.3 REGISTRATION AND PENALTIES....................................................................................3

2 FOREIGN CONSULTING ENGINEER........................................................................................5

2.1 PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CONSULTANTS:...........................5

2.2 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED...................................................................................................5

3 LAW 7.............................................................................................................................................i

3.1 Selection procedure.................................................................................................................ii

4 LAW 6...........................................................................................................................................iv

4.1 Clause 2 of-law 6....................................................................................................................iv

5 LAW 9............................................................................................................................................v

5.1 Procedure for Registration of Foreign Consultants.................................................................v

6 APPENDIX ‘A’.............................................................................................................................vi

6.1 Cost plus fixed fee..................................................................................................................vi

6.2 Salary Cost.............................................................................................................................vi

6.3 Overhead Costs.....................................................................................................................vii

6.4 Direct Non-Salary Costs......................................................................................................viii

 1 Registration Procedure for Consulting Engineers

1.1 SELECTION PROCESS

1) All consulting engineering services in Pakistan shall be entrusted only to consulting engineers
duly registered as such with the Council.
2) Foreign firms of consulting engineers shall have to get themselves registered as consulting
engineers for specified projects which need expertise and specialized knowledge not
available with Pakistani consulting engineers, shall enter into a joint venture with a Pakistani
consulting engineer and in such joint venture, the services to be rendered by the foreign firm
of consulting engineers shall be limited to the expertise and knowledge not available with any
Pakistani consulting engineer : Provided that this clause shall not apply to foreign firms of
consulting engineers who pay a visit to Pakistan under transfer of technology agreements on
short assignments for which prior approval of Pakistan Engineering Council for specified
project thereof is obtained by the employer concerned.
3) The employer will adopt an equitable method of selection of a consulting engineer for a
particular project similar to the selection procedure detailed in bye-laws 7 and will ensure that
the following basic requirements are met, namely: -
a. All work is entrusted only to Pakistani consulting engineers, foreign consulting
engineers are associated with Pakistani consulting engineers only to the extent of
expertise and specialized knowledge not available in Pakistan.
b. Specific technical know-how required for the project is available with the consulting
engineer which can be verified from a record of his past experience, the curricula
vitae of the staff on the roles of the consulting engineer and information on manpower
committed to project already in hand.
c. The persons on the rolls of the consulting engineer and to be employed on the project
have the experience to perform the requisite services.
d. The selection of the consulting engineer is based on his professional competency and
not only on the price quoted by him.
e. Previous performances of the consulting engineer as evidenced by the performance’s
reports given by previous employers are satisfactory.

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 f. A provision may be made in the agreement with the consulting engineer for the
settlement of any differences by arbitration under the arbitration Act, 1940, before
recourse to any other legal action under the law of the country.
g. The professional charges / fees of the consulting engineer are determined by any of
the various bases prescribed in Appendix A to these Bye-laws, and if any doubt or
difference of opinion arises in respect of any provision of that Appendix, the matter
shall be referred to the Federal Government for clarification.
h. Selection of consulting engineers is done through open and fair competition and no
preference is given to any consulting engineer for reasons of his being in the public or
the private sector.

1.2 SELECTION PROCEDURE

1) The employer will publicly notify the scope of work of a project for which he needs the
services of a consulting engineer, and will invite prequalification applications from
consulting engineers registered with the Council: Provided that this clause shall not apply to
the technical assistance programs and be governed by the terms of the agreement with foreign
government or agency.
2) Based on the information received from the consulting engineers as to their qualifications,
experience, availability of the requisite personnel specialized in the field of work required for
the project and other pertinent aspects, the employer will pre-qualify consulting engineers for
the project and will invite these pre-qualified consulting engineers to submit their technical
and financial proposals in separate sealed envelopes by a certain date. While inviting
proposals the employer will afford full and equal opportunity to all the invited consulting
engineers to inspect the site, make any enquiries and investigations that they consider
pertinent for the project and make available any data that would help the consulting engineers
to prepare their proposals.
3) On receipt of the proposals the employer will appoint a suitably qualified committee to
evaluate the technical proposals of all the contestants, the committee will evaluate each
technical proposal as regards the understanding of project needs, methodology work plan,
time schedule, experience and qualifications of personnel to be assigned, present work load
and other pertinent aspects in relation to the services required of the consulting engineer. No
special weightage in the evaluation will be given to any consulting engineer for reason of his
being in the public or the private sector. The committee will rank the consulting engineers in
order of their suitability for the particular project.

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 4) The employer will then open the financial proposals of the three top ranking consulting
engineers in the presence of such consulting engineers who care to be present and will
publicly announce the prices and terms of all three proposals.
5) The top-ranking consulting engineer will first be invited to negotiate a contract with the
employer. If agreement is not reached, the negotiations will be terminated and the consulting
engineer notified in writing to this effect by explaining the points of disagreement. A similar
negotiation will then follow with the second consulting engineer and failing accord with the
second, the third, consulting engineer will be called in for negotiations a similar manner.
6) In the event no agreement is reached with any of the top ranking three consulting engineers,
the employer will have the option to follow the procedure described in clause (4) and (5) for
the remaining contestants.

1.3 REGISTRATION AND PENALTIES

1) For initial registration in accordance with these Bye-laws and subsequent annual renewals,
the consulting engineers shall submit application to the Council on the form prescribed at
Appendix B). The application for renewal shall be submitted to the Council by the 1st day of
November of every year based on consulting engineer’s status as on 31st of October of the
same year. The Council after scrutinizing the application and obtaining any further
information or clarification from the consulting engineer as it may deem necessary, may
register or renew the registration of the consulting engineer for the following year or refuse
registration or renewal if the information supplied by the consulting engineer in the opinion
of the Council does not meet the requirements of these Bye-laws. After applying for renewal,
the consulting engineer may continue to practice while his application is pending with the
Council unless and until the Council refuses in writing to renew the registration.
2) A consulting engineer shall inform the Council of any events taking place following his
registration or renewal therefore, which render him ineligible for continuation of registration
in accordance with these Bye-Laws. On receipt of such information, the Council may decide
to continue the validity of registration until the date of next renewal or suspend or cancel the
registration as it may deem fit.
3) Any infringement of these Bye-laws by a consulting engineer shall render him liable to
punitive action by the Council as it may deem fit. Such action may amount to suspension for
a period of time or removal of the name of the consulting engineer from the register of
consulting engineers.

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4) Submission of information to the Council by a consulting engineer which is found to be false
or intentionally misrepresented shall be considered as misconduct and such consulting
engineer shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provision of the Act.
5) Any person who practices the profession of consulting engineering in Pakistan without valid
registration by the Council and any person who abets or helps such unauthorized practice or
any person or organization who infringes or helps in the infringement of these Bye-laws shall
be liable to be punished in accordance with the provision of the Act.

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 2 FOREIGN CONSULTING ENGINEER

Foreign consulting engineer means the enterprise partly or wholly owned by foreign nationals and a
consulting engineers firm registered outside Pakistan shall be considered as foreign firm irrespective
of ownership by nationals and having a branch office in Pakistan or adopting a name similar to an
expatriate firm.

2.1 PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN

CONSULTANTS:
Foreign consultants before starting any assignments in Pakistan have to get pre-registered with
Pakistan Engineering Council and a Pre-registration Certificate is issued to allow operation in
Pakistan. Application Form may be obtained from one of our offices.

If interested in bidding or negotiation for any project, the foreign consultants have to get registered
for that specific project, by fulfilling the conditions set out in clause (2) of bye-law 6 and submitting
documents listed below along with requisite processing fee, thus they can obtain a Registration
Certificate.

2.2 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

1) Registration certificate of the Pakistani consultants and pre-registration certificate of the
foreign consultants;
2) Joint venture or association agreement of the parties, specifying shares of each party and
name of the lead consultants: and
3) brief description and scope of work for which the association or joint venture intends to
participate in bidding.

For more details see consulting bye law 9

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LAW 5

Fixed man month rates or fixed hourly rates

This is a variation of Cost-plus Fixed Fee in that the total cost i.e., the Salary Cost, the Overheads,
and the Fee are all fixed and merged into a fixed man Month Rate or a fixed hourly Rate for a
particular technical employee or a category or grade of employee. Direct non-Salary Costs are
always in addition and charged on the basis of actual plus a service charge.

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LAW 7

2.3 Selection procedure

(1) The employer will publicly notify the scope of work of a project for which he needs the services
of a consulting engineer, and will invite prequalification applications from consulting engineers
registered with the Council:

Provided that this clause shall not apply to the technical assistance programmes and be governed by
the terms of the agreement with foreign government or agency.

(2) Based on the information received from the consulting engineers as to their qualifications,
experience, availability of the requisite personnel specialized in the field of work required for the
project and other pertinent aspects, the employer shall prequalify consulting engineers for the project
and shall invite these prequalified consulting engineers to submit their technical and financial
proposals in separate sealed envelopes by a certain date. While inviting proposals the employer shall
specify either quality-based selection or quality and cost-based selection depending on the
complexity of the project and shall afford full and equal opportunity to all the invited consulting
engineers to inspect the site, make enquiries and investigations that they consider pertinent for the
project and make available any data that would help the consulting engineers in preparing their
proposals.

(3) On receipt of the proposals, the employer shall appoint a suitably qualified committee to evaluate
the technical proposals of all the contestants. The committee shall evaluate each technical proposal
as regards the understanding of project needs, methodology, work plan, time schedule, experience
and qualifications of personnel to be assigned, present work load and other pertinent aspects in
relation to the services required of the consulting engineer. The committee shall rank the consulting
engineers’ technical ability in order of their quality-based evaluation of the proposals for the
particular project.

(4) In case of quality and cost-based selection, the employer shall then open the financial proposals
of three top ranked consulting engineers in the presence of such consulting engineers who care to be
present and shall publicly announce the prices and terms of all proposals. The consulting engineers

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shall be ranked on the basis of weighted evaluation and the top ranked bidder shall be awarded the
work.

(5) In case of quality-based selection only the financial proposal of the technically top-ranking
consultant shall be opened in the presence of his representative and he shall be invited to negotiate a
contract with the employer. If no agreement is reached, the negotiations shall stand terminated and
the consulting engineer shall be intimated in writing to this effect by explaining the points of
disagreement. A similar negotiation shall then follow with the second ranking consultant and failing
accord the third ranking consulting engineer shall be invited for negotiations in the same manner.

(6) In the events no agreement is reached with any of the top ranking three consulting engineers, the
employer will have the option to follow the procedure described in clause (4) and (5) for the
remaining contestants.

(7) For an engineering consultancy service contract, the relevant standard form of contract document
prepared by the Council shall be adopted.

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LAW 6

2.4 Clause 2 of-law 6

Foreign firms of consulting engineers shall get themselves registered as consulting engineers for
specified projects which need expertise and specialized knowledge not available with Pakistani
consulting engineers, shall join an association or joint venture with a Pakistani consulting engineer
and in such an association or joint venture, the services to be rendered by the foreign firm of
consulting engineer shall be limited to the expertise and knowledge not available with any Pakistani
consulting engineer: Provided that this clause shall not apply to foreign consulting engineers who
pay a visit to Pakistan under transfer of technology agreements on short assignments for which prior
approval of Council for specified project thereof is obtained by the employer concerned.

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LAW 9

2.5 Procedure for Registration of Foreign Consultants

1. Foreign consultants before starting any assignments in Pakistan shall get themselves
registered with Council and a certificate on Form No. 4B, shall be issued to the foreign
consultants on payment of requisite fee, to enable them to operate in Pakistan.
2. On fulfillment of the conditions set out in clause (2) of bye-law 6 and submission of the
relevant documents listed below long with requisite processing fee, the foreign consultants if
interested in bidding or negotiation for any project shall get themselves registered for that
specific project and obtain a certificate on Form PEC 4C in Appendix-E (last few pages).–
a. registration certificate of the Pakistani consultants and pre-registration certificate of
the foreign consultants
b. joint venture or association agreement of the partis, specifying shares of each party
and name of the lead consultants.
c. brief description and scope of work for which the association or joint venture intends
to participate in biding.
3. In case of transfer of technology agreements, foreign consultants shall supply to the Council a
copy of the approval obtained from the employer.
4. Foreign consultants shall have to get their preregistration renewed as long as they intend or
require to operate in Pakistan. However, for participating in bidding or negotiation for each
specific project, they shall have to get a separate registration certificate for each project.

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APPENDIX ‘A’

2.6 Cost plus fixed fee

Professional charges of consulting engineer based on the reimbursement of the actual costs of all
salaries, overheads and direct non salary costs plus a fixed fee, are a satisfactory and equitable
method of compensation for the engineering consultancy services particularly on assignments where
it is not possible to state the exact scope of work at the time of appointment of the consulting
engineer nor can be the actual time for which such services are required be accurately defined. The
remuneration includes:

1. Salary Costs
2. Overhead Costs
3. Direct Non-Salary Cost
4. Fixed Fee

The consulting engineer is paid a fixed fee for interest on invested capital, readiness to serve and
project. This fixed payment varies with the scope of consulting engineering services involved and
may vary with factors like duration of services performed, number of persons employed and their
composition.

2.7 Salary Cost

Salary Costs are defined as the costs of salaries of the partners and associates, principals, engineers,
technicians, draftsmen, stenographers, survey men, clerks, etc. for the time directly chargeable to the
project. These “Salary Costs” shall include the following pays, allowances, benefits and facilities by
whatever name called, paid or payable to the employee or on his behalf, in accordance with the
service rules of the consulting engineer for the employees: –

I. Pay, Technical Pay, Charge pays or allowance.

II. Pay during vacation/earned leave salary.
III. Pay during holidays.
IV. Dearness allowances/local compensatory allowances.
V. Conveyance allowance or conveyance facility.
VI. House rent allowance or free house, furnished or unfurnished including telephone facility.

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VII. House maintenance allowance, pay of chowkidar, mali, etc.
VIII. Free electricity, gas or water.
IX. Entertainment allowance.
X. Medical expenses/allowance.
XI. Government levies, e.g., old age benefit contribution, as payable to EOBI and Education Cess
etc.
XII. Provident fund and gratuity (consulting engineer’s contribution).
XIII. Group Insurance premia.
XIV. Leave fare assistance.
XV. Any other special allowances or benefits, actually paid or payable to an employee and
mutually agreed between consulting engineer and employer and required as per any labour or
other laws in force.

The salary costs billed at any time shall be those admissible to employees of the Consulting Engineer
in accordance with applicable rules as amended from time to time by the consulting engineer,
provided that the employer shall have the right to check that any salary cost increases are in
accordance with the personnel policies of the consulting engineer.

2.8 Overhead Costs

Consulting engineer’s overhead costs include the following indirect costs, which are not directly
applicable to specific engagements and projects: -

I. Provisions for office space including light, heat, air-conditioning and similar items for
working space, depreciation and amortization allowances or rental for furniture, drafting
equipment and engineering instruments, office and drafting supplies and office transport
including operation and maintenance, local phone calls, local transport, and all such costs not
identifiable to specific projects.
II. Taxes and insurances other than those included as salary cost, including property tax on
premises, social securities, group insurance, medical cover, professional liability insurance
cover, if any, in accordance with bye-laws-5(4).
III. Library and periodical expenses, and other means of keeping abreast of advances in
engineering, such as attendance at technical and professional meetings/seminars and staff
training cost, membership costs of professional bodies and similar expenses.

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IV. Executive, administrative, accounting, legal, stenographic and clerical salaries (unproductive
non-technical salary costs) and expenses, other than identifiable salaries included in Salary
Costs and expenses included in reimbursable Non-Salary Costs.
V. Salaries or imputed salaries of partners and principals, to the extent that they perform general
executive and administrative services as distinguished from technical or advisory services
directly applicable to particular projects. These services and expenses, essential to the
conduct of the business, include preliminary arrangements for new projects or assignments.
VI. Bank interest or project payable on Islamic Banking System on borrowed capital.
VII. Business development expenses, including salaries of principals and promotional and salary
costs of
VIII. employees so engaged; and any costs during prequalification and pre-agreement stages of the
project.
IX. Entertainment expenses.
X. Provision for loss of productive time of technical employees between assignments, and for
the time of principals and employees on public interest assignments.
XI. Non identifiable communication expenses.
XII. Staff recruiting and lay off costs.
XIII. Any other items normally included as part of overhead costs according to generally accepted
practices of consulting engineers.

Overhead costs shall be evaluated as percentage of the Salary Costs, this percentage being based on
the report of a commercial audit of the consulting engineer’s recorded expenditure for the previous
year. The employer shall have the right to request for the report of the commercial auditor.

2.9 Direct Non-Salary Costs

Direct Non-Salary Costs are such incurred non-salary costs which are directly allocatable to specific
engagements and projects. These costs include but are not limited to the following: –

I. Provisions for office, light, heat and similar items for working space, costs or rental for
furniture, drafting equipment and engineering instruments and automobile expenses
identifiable to specific projects for which special facilities other than head office of the firm
are arranged.
II. Provision for labor, or work charge establishment.

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III. Daily and traveling allowances/expenses of employees, partners and principals when away
from home office on business connected with the project.
IV. Identifiable communication expenses, such as long-distance telephone, telegraph, cable,
telex, express charges, and postage other than general correspondence.
V. Services directly applicable to the project, such as special legal and accounting expenses,
computer rental and programming costs, special consultants, borings, laboratory charges,
perspectives, renderings, photos, model costs, commercial printing and binding and similar
costs which are not applicable to the overhead costs, professional liability insurance cover in
accordance with bye law 5(5).
VI. Identifiable drafting supplies and office supplies and expenses charged to the employer’s
work, as distinguished from such supplies and expenses applicable to several projects.
VII. Identifiable reproduction costs applicable to the work such as blue printing, Photostatting,
mimeographing, printing, binding, etc.

These expenses which seldom can be determined in advance with any degree of accuracy, are
reimbursed by the employer at actual invoice cost, plus a service charge.

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3 APPENDIX ‘B’
Form PEC-1A

PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL

APPLICATION FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF

PAKISTANI CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND PRE-
REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CONSULTING ENGINEERS
(YEAR )

1. NAME OF FIRM/COMPANY

1.1 ORIGIN PAKISTANI FOREIGN

2. TYPE OF OWNERSHIP (TICK ONE ONLY)INDIVIDUAL 021

SOLE PROPRIETOR 022
PARTNERSHIP 023
PRIVATE LIMITED 024
COMPANY

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3. MAILING ADDRESS

3.1 PERMANENT ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE

3.1.1 PHONE
3.1.2 FAX
3.1.3 E-MAIL

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4. MAIN DISCIPLINES IN WHICH THE CONSULTING
ENGINEER OFFERS CONSULTING SERVICES. (Write
applicable codes from Annex-A of the Instructions.)
……………………………………………….………………..
………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………..

5. SERVICES WHICH THE CONSULTING ENGINEER

OFFERS (Select from among the list of service code numbers
from Annex-B of the Instructions.)
……………………………………………………….………..
………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………..

6. PROJECT TYPES WHICH THE CONSULTING

ENGINEER UNDERTAKES OR WISHES TO
UNDERTAKE (Select from among the list of project profile
codes in Annex-C i.e. 1201 to 1236)
……………………………………………………….………..
…………………………………………………………….…..
………………………………………………………………..

7. OWNERSHIP
Names and Professional Experience Percentages PEC or Discipline
residential Qualifications after basic shares in other (Select
addresses of professional Partnership Regulatory one from
Individual qualification or No. of body 01 to 99)
Owner, (Years) shares in Registration
Proprietor, Company Number (if
Partners or any)
Shareholders
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-

8. PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS OF CONSULTING

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 ENGINEERING COMPANY

Names and Professional Experience PEC or other Discipline

residential Qualification after basic Regulatory (select one from
addresses of professional Body 01 to 99)
chief executive qualification Registration
& directors of Number
applicant, if a (if any)
Consulting
Engineer
Company
1-
2-
3-

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5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-

9. LIST OF FULL TIME KEY PERSONNEL

Names of Professional Experience PEC or Discipline Project

personnel Qualifications after basic other (Select Profile
(including professional Regulatory one from codes
partners, qualification body 01 to 99) (select the
directors, Registratio number
executives n Number of code(s)
and others) (if any) for each
person
from
1201 to
1236)
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-

10. ASSOCIATE PAKISTANI CONSULTING ENGINEERS

WITH WHOM THE CONSULTING ENGINEER HAS
PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT FOR SPECIALIZED
SERVICES
Name and addresses of PEC registration Other regulatory Specialization
associate consultants number as bodies registration (select one from
consulting engineer number (if any) 1201 to 1236)
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-

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7-
8-
9-
10-

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11. UNDERTAKING
It is hereby certified that the above are true statements
of facts and we take full responsibility for the correctness and
accuracy of the information supplied herein to the best of our
knowledge and belief. This is also to certify that the owner/
partners/directors other than those listed under para 9 are
working solely for the consulting engineering professional.
This further to certify that we are an independent consulting
engineer and have no interest in any construction and
conflicting commercial industrial and business activities
which are likely to influence our professional independence
and neutrality. We also undertake to fully abide by the
Pakistan Engineering Council (Conduct and Practice of
Consulting Engineers) Bye-laws, 1986.

COMPANY/FIRM SEAL (SIGNATURE OF

CHIEF EXECUTIVE)

NAME

[For official use only]

DECISION OF ENROLMENT COMMITTEE

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 CHAIRMAN
ENROLMENT COMMITTEE

File No. Licence No.

Date Received

Date Approved

Prescribed fee of Rs. …... has been received and credited vide Receipt No. ………
dated ………... Bank Draft No. ………… dated ………...…. amount Rs. ………...…
Licence No. issued ………... dated ..….…. Licence valid upto ………………………

Signature of Scrutinizing Staff

Signature of Section Incharge

Registrar

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING IN REGISTRATION/ RENEWAL FORMS AS

CONSULTING ENGINEER UNDER PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL
(CONDUCT AND PRACTICE OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS) BYE-LAWS,
1986

General

These instructions will be used by the applicant to fill-up the Application

Form and should not be attached therewith. Relevant affidavits and signed
curriculum vitae should be prepared separately in accordance with the
format provided herein and attached with the application. Additional sheet(s),
when required, against an item of the Form can be attached.

Consulting engineer can seek renewal for up to three (3) years upon
submission of requisite fee.

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 (2)

Item 1

Please write the name of your firm or company by which name you would
like it to be registered. Please indicate whether you are a Pakistani firm or a
foreign firm. Tick only that is applicable.

A word of caution to foreign consulting engineers. Foreign consulting

engineers can only be registered on project-to-project basis. For each project
the foreign consulting engineer, according to the requirement of the Council,
will have to satisfy the Council that the expertise and specialized knowledge to
be furnished by it on the project is not available with any Pakistani consulting
engineer. The foreign consulting engineers must also attach the joint
venture/association agreement with a Pakistani consulting engineer.
Simultaneously, the foreign consulting engineer must also apply for
registration of each engineer expert who is brought into Pakistan and who
performs any engineering work in Pakistan.

Item 2

Please indicate the type of ownership by striking out the inapplicable status.
Registration/Renewal fee for each category is given below:

a. Individual Rs. 10,000/- per year

b. Sole-proprietor Rs. 10,000/- per year
c. Partnership Firm Rs. 20,000/- per year
d. Private Limited Company Rs. 30,000/- per year
e. Public Limited Company Rs. 50,000/- per year
f. Pre Registration of Foreign US $ 1,000/-
Consulting Engineers (Irrespective
of type of ownership)
g. Processing Fee for Registration of
Foreign Consulting Engineer.
(Project Specific Registration)

US $ 1,000/-

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Item 3

Please give addresses of your main office and permanent branches as on the
date of application.

Item 4

13 main engineering disciplines and 12 allied disciplines are listed in Annex-A to

the application form. Most of the specializations shall be covered by these
disciplines such as Structural engineering, Highway engineering, Bridge engineer,
Transportation engineering falls under the discipline of Civil engineering and Power
engineering etc fall under Electrical engineer. If you wish to include any
discipline other than the twenty-five stated disciplines, please indicate such
disciplines(s) on a separate page after circling serial 50 and/or 99 as the case may
be.

Item 5

Service codes are listed in Annex-B to the application. Please encircle the
relevant codes and write their serial numbers under this item. Please note that
this statement must be matched by availability of full time technical personnel on
you rolls as indicated under item 9.

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Item 6

Please encircle relevant codes from among the list of project profile codes
given at Annexure-C and write their serial number under this item. Please note that
this statement must be matched with the information given under item 9.

Item 7

Professional qualifications are the degrees awarded to the individuals in any of

the engineering or allied disciplines. If any of the owners/shareholders does not
have any professional qualification, please write ‘nil’ against his name under this
column. Experience after basic qualification means the experience of the
individual professional after he has acquired the professional qualification mentioned
in the previous column. Only relevant experience as a professional in his discipline
must be mentioned. Time spent in any work other than professional work of his
discipline must be excluded.

PEC or PCATP registration numbers in the case of those owners/ shareholders who
are professional engineers or architects/ town-planners must be mentioned under the
relevant column. In the last column under ‘disciplines’ only mention the
relevant disciplines from Annex-A to these Instructions.

Item 8

This item applies to consulting engineer companies only. Please repeat the names
of those shareholders who are directors of the company. All other information has
the same meaning as explained under item 7.

Item 9

Please give relevant information in respect of all key personnel in the organization of
the consulting engineer, the full time presence of whom makes the applicant capable
of undertaking certain type of projects, and the qualifications and experience of
such personnel are used by the consulting engineer to apply for undertaking
certain types of projects. In the last column Project Profile Codes shall be selected
from Annex-C of these Instructions.

It is compulsory that for each such individual listed under this item the consulting
engineer must submit a brief CB of the person in the form attached. In addition, the
consulting engineer must also submit an affidavit on the form attached signed by

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each such individual. It will not be necessary to submit such affidavit every year if
such person continues as full time employee/partner, director of the consulting
engineer at the time of applicant for license renewal next year. However, affidavit
must be submitted for each individual at the time of first application under these
bye-laws, and for all new key personnel.

Item 10

Please provide the name(s) of only these specialized consultants with whom written
arrangement for hiring services have already been made.

Item 11

Chief Executive should sign the undertaking with company seal.

To be submitted on stamp paper

of appropriate value

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 AFFIDAVIT

I …………… , adult, resident of ……………… do hereby solemnly affirm on

oath as under:-

1. That I am registered as a ……………. and a certificate of registration

bearing No. …….. dated………. has been issued by the Pakistan
Engineering Council which has been renewed upto
2. ………….

3. That I am presently employed on regular/full time basis with …………

since …………… and presently hold the position of …………. I further
state that I am not employed on any other assignment with any other private
firm, government agency, office or bureau of any other consulting engineer.

4. That I, undertake to intimate the Pakistan Engineering Council about my

disassociation with the above mentioned employer within thirty (30) days
of the same.

5. That I have enclosed my application and curriculum vitae duly signed by me.

6. That I have not ever incurred any disqualification in any manner under the
Pakistan Engineering Council Act and Bye-laws. (if in the past any
disqualification was incurred please mention material detail).
That the contents of the above mentioned affidavit are true to the best of my
knowledge, belief and information received and nothing material has been
concealed therefrom.

To be notarized.

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DEPONENT
I. D. CARD
NO. DATE:
PLACE:

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF

PROFESSIONALS WORKING FULL

TIME FOR AN APPLICANT FOR

CONSULTING ENGINEER LICENSE

Name Age Sex

Res. Address:
Tel No.

Birth Date Nationality

National I.D. Card No. _ PEC/PCATP
Registration No.

EDUCATION NAME OF INCLUSIVE HONOURS/

SCHOOL/ DATES OF DIVISIONS
COLLEGE/ ATTENDANCE RECEIVED

UNIVERSITY

Secondary

Higher
Secondary

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College/
University

Post Graduate
Diploma
Masters
Ph.D/D.Sc.

RECORD OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING, STUDY AND

SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS

TRAINING COURSE PERIOD OF TRAINING CONDUCTED BY

EMPLOYMENT RECORD (AFTER PROFESSIONAL

QUALIFICATION)

INCLUSIVE NAME AND TYPE OF DESIGNAT LENGTH

DATE OF
ADDRESS OF ORGANIZ ION OR
SERVICE
FROM TO ORGANIZATION ATION POSITION YR-MO

Total length of service _

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I certify that the above information is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief and that I have expert knowledge and
specialization in the following types of projects. (List not more
than three).

Project code Project Profile

12…..
12…..
12…..

Signature of Professional Engineer/

Allied Professional

MAI

DISC

IPLI

NES

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ANNEX-A

Engineering disciplines Allied disciplines

01 Civil 51 Architecture

02 Mechanical 52 Regional Planning

03 Electrical 53 Urban Planning

04 Chemical 54 Geology

05 Aeronautical 55 Economics

06 Mining 56 Hydrology

07 Agriculture 57 Agronomy & Agriculture

08 Metallurgical 58 Financial Analysis

09 electronics 59 Computer Sciences

10 Petrogas 60 System Analysis

11 Industrial 61 Soil Science

12 Marine 62 Business Administration

13 Computer Engineering -------------------

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 ------------------- -------------------

------------------ -------------------

50Other engineering 99Other allied Professions

(Specify) (Specify)
Total Engineering Professions Total Allied Professions

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SERVICE CODES PROJECT SURVEYS AND STUDIES

0501 Aerial surveys

0502 Geological surveys
0503 Geophysical surveys
0504 Hydrological surveys
0505 Hydrographic surveys
0506 Soil surveys
0507 Topographic surveys
0508 Resources surveys
0509 Sub soil surveys & investigations 0510 Planning studies
0511 Feasibility studies
0512 Market studies
0513 Economic studies
0514 Financial studies
0515 Tariff studies
0516 Technical studies
0517 Operations studies
0518 Environmental studies
0519 Implementation study

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PROJECT DESIGN AND EXECUTION

0531 Architectural design

0532 Structural design
0533 Urban design
0534 Industrial design
0535 Hydraulic studies & engineering
0536 Soil mechanic and foundation engineering
0537 Engineering design
0538 Earthquake engineering
0539 Power engineering
0540 Mechanical design
0541 Process design
0542 Design review
0543 Quantity surveying, cost estimating
0544 Estimation, preparation of contract documents
& bid evaluation
0545 Procurement services
0546 Supervision/inspection of construction
0547 Supervision/inspection of equipment installation
0548 Project management (management on behalf of owner)
0549 Technical assistance and advisory services
0550 Start up operations

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 PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

0561 Product & production technology

0562 Production management
0563 Process evaluation & selection
0564 Quality control
0565 Marketing & distribution
0566 Packaging and storage
0567 Warehousing & inventory control
0568 Physical distribution & shipping

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

0571 Operations and maintenance

0572 Maintenance planning
0573 Plant rehabilitation
0574 Factory rehabilitation

0575 Civil works rehabilitation

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

0581 Information system & computer processing

0582 Computer technology

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

0591 Institutional strengthening

0592 Management advisory services
0593 Management studies
0594 organizational development studies

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0595 Manpower requirement
0596 Training and transfer of technology

PROJECT

PROFILE

CODES

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 ANNEX-C

1201 Public Buildings & Offices

(ii) Commercial Buildings & Offices
(iii) Residential Buildings & houses
(iv) Hotels & motels
(v) Hospitals, medical facilities, laboratories, medical research
(vi) Educational facilities & complexes
(vii) Recreation a n d s p o r t s f a c i l i t i e s , s t a d i u m s
(viii) Libraries, museums, galleries.
1202 Industrial economics, Policy and planning (ii) Industrial projects
development and appraisal.

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1203 Urban developments, housing estates

(ii) Industrial estates, Industrial complexes
(iii) Urban roads and surfaces drainage.

1204 Urban sewerage and water supply

(ii) Solid wastes collection and disposal
(iii) Water treatment plants
(iv) Sewage treatment plants.

1205 Irrigation system, hydraulic structure

(ii) Dams, Reservoirs, Tunnels
(iii) Salinity control and Land reclamation, Agricultural drainage
(iv) Dikes, Levees, Embankments
(v) Ground water development and Irrigation
(vi) Water resources appraisal/use.

1206 Water Transmission lines.

1207 Hydroelectric power stations.

1208 Thermal power stations

(ii) Power transmission and distribution systems.

1209Nuclear plants, Nuclear research.

1210 Renewable energy sources and systems.

1211 Coal mining, Processing, Gasification.

1212Petro chemicals, Refineries.

1213 Oil and gas pipelines

(ii) Oil & gas development, storage, Transmission and distribution systems.

1214 Railways and railway bridges.

1215 Tunnels, Sub-ways, Rapid transit

(ii) Highways, bridges, tunnels

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(iii) Transportation systems services.

1216 Airports.

1217 Ports, Harbours, Marine terminals

(ii) Shipyards, Dockyards, Ship breaking yard
(iii) Breakwaters, Revetments, Beach protection.

1218 Material handling systems, Conveyors, Sorters

(ii) Dry materials storage and Reclaim systems
(iii) Liquid storage and Reclaim systems.

1219 Communication systems, Radar navigation aids

(ii) Telephone, Telex
(iii) Broadcasting systems (Radio & TV).

1220 Energy Planning conservation and development.

1221 Mining and mineral exploration and development.

1222 Land resources appraisal/use.

1223 Argo industries/Food processing.

1224 Forestry.

1225 Fisheries.

1226 Rural Development and Social infrastructure.

1227 Farm mechanization, Seeds processing.

1228 Botanical gardens.

1229 Zoological gardens.

1230 Livestock development and Animal husbandry.

1231 Landscaping and Horticulture.

1232 Health systems, Planning, Evaluation and Research (ii) Environmental

Planning and Protection.

1233 Manpower development

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(ii) Population planning
(iii) Social welfare and community development.

1234 Chemicals, Ceramics, Mineral products industry (ii) Engineering industry

(iii) Electrical and electronic industry (iv) Transport equipment industry (v)
Cement industry (vi) Textile industry (vii) Basic metal industries, Metal products
(viii) Fertilizers industry (ix) Chemical plants.

1235 Surveying, valuation and loss assessment.

1236 Pre-shipment inspections.

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PERMISSIBLE NUMBER OF PROJECT PROFILE CODES
TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS SERVING FOR
CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRMS

(i) Fresh Graduates 1 No Project Profile Codes*

(ii) 3 years experience 2 No Project Profile Codes*
(iii) 5 years experience 3 No Project Profile Codes
(iv) 10 years experience 5 No Project Profile Codes
(v) 15 years experience 7 No Project Profile Codes
(vi) 20 years & above
8 No Project Profile Codes
experience

* Not as an Individual consulting engineer.

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Registration No. APPENDIX‘E’
Serial No.
FORM PEC -4C

Date of Registration:

PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF
FOREIGN CONSULTING ENGINEER
(Under Pakistan Engineering Council Act 1976)

This is to certify that M/s. ………………………………….

Address ………………………….………have been registered as
Foreign Consulting Engineers at Serial No. …….. of the Register
of Pakistan Engineering Council with following particulars:-

1. Name of Joint Venture partner(s) ……………………..…...

2. Name of the Lead Partner in the Joint Venture ………….....
3. Name of the Project for which Registration sought ……..…

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Date of Issue ………. Registrar
Pakistan Engineering Council

Notes: 1. This certificate is valid only for the project named

here above. The Consulting Engineers are required
to obtain fresh certificate for any other project even
if the joint venture partner (s) remains unaltered.

Reverse Side of Form PEC-4C

PROJECT PROFILE CODES

1201 Public Buildings & 1218 Material handling

Offices (ii) systems, Conveyors,
Commercial Sorters (ii) Dry
Buildings & Offices materials storage

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 (iii) Residential and Reclaim systems
Buildings & houses (iii) Liquid storage
(iv) Hotels & motels and Reclaim
(v) Hospitals, systems.
medical facilities,
laboratories, medical
research (vi)
Educational facilities
& complexes (vii)
Recreation and sports
facilities, stadiums
(viii) Libraries,
museums, galleries.

1202 Industrial economics, 1219 Communication

Policy and planning systems, Radar
(ii) Industrial projects navigation aids (ii)
development and appraisal. Telephone, Telex
(iii) Broadcasting
systems (Radio &
TV)
1220 Energy Planning
conservation and
1203 Urban developments, development
housing estates (ii)
Industrial estates,
Industrial complexes
(iii) Urban roads and
surfaces drainage.

1204 Urban sewerage and 1221 Mining and mineral

water supply (ii) exploration and
Solid wastes development
collection and
disposal (iii) Water
treatment plants (iv)
Sewage treatment
plants.

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1205 Irrigation system, 1222 Land resources
hydraulic structure appraisal/use
(ii) Dams,
Reservoirs, Tunnels
(iii) Salinity control
and Land reclamation,
Agricultural drainage
(iv) Dikes, Levees,

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 Embankments (v)
Ground water
development and
Irrigation (vi) Water
resources appraisal/
use

1223 Agro industries/

Food processing

1206 Water Transmission

lines 1224 Forestry

1207 Hydroelectric power

stations
1208 Thermal power 1225 Fisheries
stations (ii) Power
transmission and
distribution systems.
1209 Nuclear plants, 1226 Rural Development
Nuclear research. and Social
infrastructure
1210 Renewable energy
sources and systems.
1211 Coal mining,
Processing, 1227 Farm mechanization,
Gasification Seeds processing
1212 Petro chemicals,
Refineries. 1228 Botanical gardens

1229 Zoological gardens

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1230 Livestock Animal husbandry
development and

1213 Oil and gas pipelines 1231 Landscaping and

(ii) Oil & gas Horticulture
development, storage,
Transmission and
distribution systems.

1214 Railways and railway 1232 Health systems,

bridges Planning, Evaluation
and Research (ii)
Environmental
Planning and
Protection

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1215 Tunnels, Sub-ways, 1233 Manpower
Rapid transit (ii) development (ii)
Highways, bridges, Population planning
tunnels (iii) (iii) Social welfare
Transportation and community
systems services. development.
1216 Airports 1234 Chemicals,
Ceramics, Mineral
products industry (ii)
Engineering industry
(iii) Electrical and
electronic industry
(iv) Transport
equipment industry
(v) Cement industry
(vi) Textile industry
(vii) Basic metal
industries, Metal
products (viii)
Fertilizers industry
(ix) Chemical plants.

1217 Ports, Harbours, 1235 Surveying, valuation

Marine terminals (ii) and loss assessment.
Shipyards,
Dockyards, Ship
breaking yard (iii)
Breakwaters,
Revetments, Beach
protection

1236 Pre-shipment
inspections

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 References
https://www.pec.org.pk/reg_proc_ce.aspx

https://www.pec.org.pk/reg_proc_ce.aspx

https://www.pec.org.pk/downloads/BYELAWS%201986%20(APRIL%2023,%202013).pdf
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